"The Queen's Gambit: A Novel" von Walter Tevis erzählt die Geschichte von Beth Harmon, einem Waisenmädchen mit einer außergewöhnlichen Begabung für Schach. Nachdem sie in einem Heim aufwächst, in dem sie Beruhigungsmittel bekommt,...

The Color of Money von Tevis, Walter

A classic hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms'A wonderful hymn to the last true era when men of substance played pool with a vengeance' TIME OUT'This book sees the poetry of the pool game ... Fast Eddie's...

Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit. 'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' LA TIMES von Tevis, Walter

Adapated for the screen with Paul Newman, the legendary debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit about an ambitious pool shark who discovers what it takes to make the big timeTo the strangers he plays in...

From the bestselling author of The Queen's Gambit, the landmark science fiction novel that inspired the classic 1976 film starring David Bowie and is the basis for the Showtime seriesA man wanders into town one day seemingly out of...

Thomas Jerome Newton is an extraterrestrial from the planet Anthea, which has been devastated by a series of nuclear wars, and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings. When he lands on Earth - in Kentucky, disguised as...

From the author of THE HUSTLER, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT is a modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive. When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her...

NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNING NETFLIX SERIES'Superb' Time Out 'Mesmerizing' Newsweek'Gripping' Financial Times'Sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years - for the pure pleasure and skill of it' Michael Ondaatje 'Don't...

The Color of Money von Tevis, Walter

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now a highly acclaimed, award-winning Netflix...

The Queen's Gambit von Tevis, Walter